Meet the world’s animals.

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• Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens

  

  Leaf-love is a bulbul found from western to central Africa, where it uses woodland and thickets near water.

• Amazonian Parrotlet Nannopsittaca dachilleae

  The Amazonian Parrotlet is a small parrot recorded in bamboo and nearby forest in the southwestern Amazon. Its green body contrasts with a blue forehead.

• Sooty-faced Finch Arremon crassirostris

  This brushfinch occurs from Costa Rica to Panama. It is seen in pairs or family groups in low, dense growth in dark forest.

• Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis

  A cuckoo that may fan its tail. It searches for insects on the ground and lays eggs in other birds’ nests in Australia.

• Freckle-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticollis

  This South American ovenbird is found in shrub cover along grasslands and wetland edges and builds its nest in shrubs.

• Arfak Honeyeater Melipotes gymnops

  Dark grey to sooty black covers the head and upper breast, with yellow bare skin around the eyes. It forages mainly in the canopy for small fruits and insects.

• Veery Catharus fuscescens

  It breeds in damp forests of North America and winters in South America. It hops through the forest floor while searching for insects and fruit.

• Bronzy Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis

  The Bronzy Sunbird occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Its head and back are iridescent bronze, and its dark central tail feathers are elongated. It feeds on nectar and insects.

• Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata

  The Capped Wheatear has striking black-and-white head and breast markings and occurs in southern and eastern Africa. It is resident in some areas and seasonal or erratic in others; its movements are not well understood.

• Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis

  This small tyrant flycatcher has a disjunct distribution across South American grasslands. It is recorded in low grassland with scattered scrub near water.

• Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis

  An older account describes male nominate Himalayan Cutias as flocking in high-elevation forest in summer and moving lower in winter.

• Dwarf Jay Cyanolyca nanus

  This blue-gray jay has a black face, a narrow lavender eyebrow, and a lavender throat. It searches for arthropods in humid mountain forest in eastern Mexico.

• Tepui Goldenthroat Polytmus milleri

  The Tepui Goldenthroat is a hummingbird of tepuis in southern Venezuela and nearby areas, using cloud-forest edges and scrub at about 1,300–2,200 m.

• Geelvink Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta geelvinkiana

  The Geelvink Pygmy Parrot is a small parrot from Biak, Supiori, and Numfor off Papua. It uses forests and nests in arboreal termite nests.

• Grey Pileated Finch Coryphospingus pileatus

  The Grey Pileated Finch is a South American finch found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. It searches for seeds on the ground and low shrubs; males can raise a red crest.

• Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus

  It is a hawk found from the southern United States through Mexico and Central America. In the southern United States, it uses forests along rivers.

• Bare-legged Owl Margarobyas lawrencii

  This Cuban owl has large dark eyes and pale eyebrows. It hunts at night and rests in tree cavities or caves during the day.

• Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii

  The Banded Prinia skulks in undergrowth at forest edges and clearings, usually in pairs. It has barred underparts; eastern mountain birds may have a dark throat while other birds have a barred throat.

• Gray-breasted Francolin Pternistis rufopictus

  This ground-dwelling gamebird uses Tanzanian savannas and grassland. Its red bill, orange-red bare throat, and black-and-white facial pattern are conspicuous.

• American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis

  The American Three-toed Woodpecker has three toes. It chips sideways at bark on dead or dying trees to find beetle larvae beneath it.

• Arabian Serin Crithagra rothschildi

  The Arabian Serin has an olive rump and a thick, down-curved bill. It feeds by day on seeds and shrub buds.

• White-winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata

  The White-winged Duck lives in wetlands beside forests. It moves between feeding areas and resting places around dawn and dusk.

• Seram Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps stalkeri

  Seram Mountain Pigeon is a forest bird of Seram's mountains and eats fruit. A taxonomic comparison reports that its underpart coloration differs markedly from the Buru form.

• Esmeraldas Antbird Sipia nigricauda

  An antbird of the Pacific slope from western Colombia to western Ecuador. It searches low in the dark understorey of humid foothill forest.